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47 thoughts on “Making everyone happy – good luck with that”

I finally have the time and energy to catch up on New Posts, and here the first one I read is about something we were just talking about! I agree, of course!!

One thing I’ve found is that people may be drawn to your passion and sincerity, but that doesn’t always mean they’ll like you. As the quote goes on to say, you may have their (sometimes grudging) respect, but they aren’t always very supportive or approving. I’ve run into this at work much of my career. “Love the work… you personally,… not so much.”

But in the end, exactly as you say, “Isn’t it better to do what you love and spend your energy building something you believe in? Isn’t that what integrity is?”

Great message, Diana! Thank you for sharing it. It is liberating to learn that for every person and for every creation there will be some who like it and some who won’t, so I might as well create in areas for which I have a passion and that bring joy and growth to myself.

Smart post – as an artist it’s always a balance between what you want and what you hope customers will buy. Mostly I shoot what moves me, but every now and then I shoot something that I know will sell even if I think it’s junk. Ultimately I want to create my own body of work whether or not anyone likes it.

Diane as usual you give us, a thought provoking post. To modify a famous quote: You may please all the people some of the time; you can even please some of the people all the time; but you cant please all of the people all the time. However you come very close to doing it my friend.

“Isn’t it better to do what you love and spend your energy building something you believe in?” Great words! I love making stuff. And I’m lucky that there are people other than me that seem to enjoy it as well!

This is perfectly written… and says something so important about how a lot of us feel about life. It reminds me of that saying… character is what you do when you think nobody’s looking. Such a high standard to meet. But so very worth it. Thanks for posting!